Couch fabric.



G. H. GAIL.

COUCH FABRIC.

union-10x; FILED APB..15, 1909.

1,051,723. Patented Jan. 28, 1913.

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"UNlTED STATES'PATENT OFFICE CHARLES H. GAIL, or KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, AssmNoR TO THE SIMMONS M UFAC- TURING'CO'MPANY, or KENOSHA, W sconsin, A CORPORATION or wIscoNsIN.

' COUCH mam;

Application filed April State of \Visconsin, have invented certain -new and useful Improvements in Couch Fabrics, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to Wire bed or couch fabrics such as are used at the present time 1 to ,a considerable extent in bed'springsu ,wire mattresses, and sanitary or extension couches, the main and'leading object ofthe inventionbeing the provision'of a' fabric of 15 minimum caliber 01 diameter may be emthis general Character in which wire of'aployed, theends of the Wire units or links being so secured as to eli'ectivelyprevent their opening up or unfastenin'g.

Another purpose of this invention is to so make the fabric that the usual transverse or cross links will be held in position and prevented from shifting longitudinally ofv the links composing the parallel spaced chains comprising the greater portion orbody of the fabric.

In the accompanying drawing, a which forms apart of this specification, and to whichreference shouldbe made for a' full and complete understanding of the invention, and wherein I have illustrated a desirable and preferred embodiment Of'lthfi same-Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan View of a portion of a fabric incorporating the in vention; Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig, 1; and Fig. 3 is asection on line This fabric or. wire body; includes a spluralityof spaced parallel chains each composed of a number of united 'wire linkslof substantially U-shape or form, a portion of two of such-chains 10 and 11 being shown in Fig. 1. As is clearly indicated, each U-shaped link 12 is made'of a singlevstr'and or-section of wire of the desired or proper caliber and .includes a cross-bar'or strip 18 and a pair of parallel legslfi and 15, the

Speciiication'of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan.28 19 1 3 1 09 Serial'No. 490,131,

link of the same chain. The end of each of such loops is bent over the top' of .its '.-own leg of the link a t '19, the extreme end of the .wire 20 'being-ld'ownwardly-extended Y or projected s o .;-Yas not to interfere'with, rip,'0r tear any mattress orcovering superposed on the; fab 'rfijfi Such bending of the Y wi:'. over the linki l eg efl'ecti'vely, acts to pre, .enggunbending" o1; ;open-ing: cup' off-the loop 1 8, and consequentlyeliminatesall-fl fpossibility .of the separation of the links "geomposing' the chains one-fromanother. 'As will be obvious, it is necessaryor at least desirable to transversely connect together suchlongitudinal chainsand for this purpose "the adjacent, bight or eyes of such chains are joined or connected. together by i. "cross links 21, each end of which is "bent downwardly to forma'hook or-loop .22"

which takes into one of the round bights 16 or 17. It should bevclear then that such transverse or cross-links are by-en ag'emeiit. with these eyes or bights of the 'li" s which" are arranged in transverse, rows "prevented; I from sliding or-shift-ing longitudinally '01-'80 n lengthwise of the links. It should also-be apparent that the. top surface of such a'f abric is comparatively smooth,;and since all of the wire ends arebelow the top surface of the fabric thereis no tendencyfor possidamaged.' Y Whereas I have herein illustrated and do 7 scribed theilinks of the various'chains ashaving closed eyes pr loo s as bights, it is to be understood that 1 e' :fQIfiij Qf sue-11,;- bights may be varied to a'eohsiderable degree, itgbeing -cotnparativelyi 'limmaterial whether such loops or eyes arelclosedornot--. I so. longas they provide con-ve'nient irie"ai 1 's.9, Y

for the attachmentof. the oopS 18: and I 22-{of the croiss bility' for-the mattressto become injured or spondingieye or bight of the next adjacent ti ally closed single loop bights atfthe juncthe cross strands of the U-s'i'ia'ped' links'and tion of the cross strands thelegs, said crossstrands andlegs lyi in substantially the same plane, the ends 0 the latter bein looped through the lights '0f the nexta jacen-t link of'the same chain and-bent about their own legs, and cross-linksconnecting said chains together transversely and engaging at their ends in said bights, the corresponding links of each chain lying in substantially-the same longitudinal plane and the adjacent-cross links lying in common u transverse planes.

- 2. A wire couch fabric comprising a pluagality of parallel spaced apart chains disiided into a plurality pf uniformly sized regtangular spaces, the'liiiks of the chain abeing substantiallyu shaped" and each comprising a pair of straight parallel leg poriti'ens, a straight cross strand, substantially closed single loop bights at the juncture .of the cross strands with the legs, the ends of the latter being looped through the bights of the next adjacent link of the same chain and having their ends bent downwardly,

and cross links connecting said chains ,together transversely and engaging at their I ends in said bights, the ends of said cross links being bent inwardly, toward the main .body of the link to form substantially closed loops, the legs of each loop being parallel to the legs of thelaterally adjaqent loops and in substantial alinement with the corv 

